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I like it. The random cuts seem to make it more realistic. Maybe refine your style but I don't see anything wrong with the oak leaves.

Who did you go with to make the stamp? I'd like to see it, as well.

There's a local guy with a leather shop in town. Occasionally I'll show him what I've been working on or ask him questions. He's said "it takes just as long to mess something up as to do it perfectly"... I've messed up right at the end so many times and I always think of him saying that.

Just got mine from steelstampsinc. It's 1-3/16" it was $240. Sorry I don't feel like going through the hassle of paying a picture of it, but if you go to my Instagram: tanoak leather, you can see it there.

I'm sure brother in law will be thrilled! I made my first belt for myself andv that's when I realized how nice a belt can be! Your camouflage works perfect, I thought you had a special basket weave stamp.

Thanks for the history lesson @bruce johnson. Now I'm worried that my projects are all going to come loose. In your opinion, when hand sewing, backstitch how many and that should be secure? wood creating a coad for synthetic thread serve the same purpose as it did on the natural fingers? It's there a knot that would hold better than the square knot I've been using? I like the look of no backstitch lately.

I used to backstitch, but now I just tie a tight square knot inside the last hole for that length of thread and then carefully melt the ends -especially helpful when I hand stitch a belt. I do it in 2 passes. Been doing that for about 2 years now. A short time regarding the life expectation of my leather products, we'll see if they all come undone...

I couldn't access the pictures via your links, but I tried finding swivel connectors for shoulder Holders in the past and I couldn't find them. Hopefully someone else knows where to get them. In lieu of proper swivels, I've used rivets and Chicago screws with washers. Even used grommets once.

Can't help on the question of wheels, but regarding what type of compound to get: if you're asking, it doesn't really matter. I sharpen all my wood working, leather, and kitchen tools and just use whatever is closest. I can't tell the difference and I disturb a lot. Get a couple and try them out.

I didn't mean to be confrontational. In fact, my short, direct response was meant to inform the poster (didn't know if it was a robot or not) that his website was lacking. He didn't seem defensive in his post, either. He didn't ask further questions, and that's fine. If he had asked, I would have said something similar to what @SUP and @Heartless said. you are correct that I could have been more clear, but as evidence by his response, that would have been a waste of my time.

I visited your website. The website didn't sell it.

I love that. Nice work on the fading, too.

I've always been curious about the chemistry of tanning, and was never able to find information sufficient to scratch the itch. Thanks for sharing!

I haven't been impressed with the snaps I got from tandy. Very weak holding power. I have since started using security (pull-the-dot) and they function the way I want snap to function

That's great ingenuity.

There was recently another thread where this topic came up. Some were advocating for creasing, citing the same worries as you, and then others were saying the groove will not affect durability or strength.

Cool project. I've been trying with the idea of Celtic knots. You did a pretty good job. Is that Sierra Nevada? Possibly torpedo?

Are you flipping your rule and there is a different scale on each side? I have a framing square that has imperial measurements on one side, then imperial marked off in tenths... If I'm not paying attention I'll get small mistakes like that.

That's awesome. I love it.

Looks like a nice wallet to me. The tooling is simple but clean. I don't know what context you're entering but I think you'd have a chance.

@n866 I haven't messed with deer hide yet, but I'm always looking for a challenge. I'd like to try making a set of gloves or a small purse for nearly free if they're willing to experiment.

That seems like a dangerous way to CCW (for the user). The firearm would be under the flap, behind a buckle?

I had the opposite problem, couldn't get snaps to feel secure enough. Are you using thin leather with a long post? If there's too much peened (rolled) material inside the female portion you won't be able to close them properly. Could they be pull-the-dot security snaps?

I'm in northern California. Are you still looking for the menu covers?

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